Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In April its highs average 24.9°C, 4.0°C warmer than Dessie, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Dessie is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dessie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 113 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 131 | 20.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 12.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in AprilEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Weldiya in AprilEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AprilEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AprilEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AprilEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AprilEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dessie) is explained once on the Dessie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.